Arthur Calwell Quotes
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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One must act in painting as in life, directly.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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Sometimes you do have to bank on yourself. You do have to believe in your ideas enough to really get out there and fight for it despite what people think of some young kids from the hood.
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To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
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Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you're in.
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It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity: ultimately, my parents' marker is 'Do you have a wife?' and 'Do you have children?'
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She Venison had never travelled and so could invent all kinds of strange places without being limited, as travelled people are, by knowledge of certain places only.
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I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
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Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
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Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we seeOil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!
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Truth is a new word in Europe (and elsewhere).
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Jung fiercely resented the implication that he was a hypocritical, self-seeking Judas, a 'rat'. Yet there was just enough truth in it to strike home. He was undoubtedly a man who liked his own way, no matter what the cost to others.
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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality.
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In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly,But westward, look, the land is bright.
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Don't cry over spilt milk.
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My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
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A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
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It's rare to see women in a film who are not somehow validated by a male or discussing a male or heartbroken by a male,or end up being happy because of a male. It's interesting to think about, and it's very true.
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A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.
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It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.
